Roasted sulfurized grain.



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EDUABD MEYER, 0F FRIEDBICHSWEBTHyGERYAINY. I

ROASTED SULFUBIZED GRAIN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDUARD MEYER, landlord, subjcctof the King of Prussia, residing at Friedrichswerth i. Tin, in Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Roasted Sulfurized Grain, of which the following is a specification.

Itis well known that roasted grain exercises a favorable dietetic action on the digestive organs, and thus for instance, maltcofi'ee and similar preparations have been used extensively already. i

7 It has hitherto been suggested, for the erpose of increasing the proportion of sulur insuch roasted. roducts, to roast grain sulfur until it becomes carbonized and ter is formed. Products obtained in this manner were intended to be used as an addition to the food of men or animals, as they have a special physiological action both on human and animal organisms, having a stimulating action, assisting secretion and bringing about a favorable and regular formation of whereby the stagnation of'fecular substances therein is avoided. If, however, grain, for example, wheat, rye, barley or the like, he roasted until it becomes carbonized and an oily substance appears, and it is then treated hot with sulfur, the sulfur and the cmpyrcumatic organic substances" formed during the roasting process ureliuble to be burned, whereby the quality is impaired,

- and the output reduced.

In order to obviate the above deficiencies, the process according to tlnsinvention consists III adding to the gram during roasting not only sulfur, but also suitable mineral salts such as, for instance, phosphate of lime, iron oxid compounds or the like which, being incombustible, exercise a damping action on the roasting process, and by excluding the ox ygen of the air, prevent oxidation and therefore destruction of the empyreumat-i0 products formed. These substances participate, however, mechanically and chemically in the reaction of the hot organic roasted material, as the said salts are absorbed by the roasted material in organic chemical combination. This absorption is accelerated if the salts be previously hen-ted Specification of Letters Patent. 7

gases in the intestine,

composition the temperature rises, caused 'tinues for some cools after the reaction is product is ready for use.

short time. The product finished and the tended to be used in suitably pulverized form, as an uddition to human and animal food, or inpure form as medical or aromatic dietetic substances. Y

Y The process can be carried out for example :is follows: For 100 kilos of any dcsired grain are used 10 kilos of sulfur and -2 kilos pulverized phosphate of lime, oxid of iron or thelike. first, and as soon as it'begius to roushbut before it commences to carbouizc, and before tar begins to form, the tires are dumped. so that the temperature shall not rise, but on line contrary descend. at this stage the mixprcviously headed, is added and the whole compound is stirred. The grain being but. the phosphates and sulfur combine with the grain. The temperature rises and the roasting prm-css contimu s, and very soon a homothe product allowed to cool, and thereafter muy be pulverized, if the purpose for which it is designed requires it. The prelimiu:nheating of the sulfur-phosphate mixture extent as to burn the sulfur.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what mumw -r the same is to be performed, I declare thntu'hut I claim isl. The prmess of muuufzu-turing; sulfur containing roasted products from grain. con sisting in first heating th grain and then and minernlsalts, :-.ul)stuntiully. as described.

'lhe prm-ess of manufiu-turing sulfurcontaining roasted [zl'Mlllt'lS from graiuJ-ousisting in heating the grant then mixiu;- therewith sulfur and mineral salts, and then by the combination of the sulfur com position with the gram, and the roasting process con- Products obtained in that manner are iu-' The grain is heated. at

geneous compound is produced, whereupon must. of course not be carried to such an mixing the grain while heated with sulfur Patented Jan. L, 1910. Application filed January 2, 1908. Serial No. 408,887.

but before any carbonization or formation of tar sets 1n.- After thendclition of the sulfur so a ture of sulfur and of phosphate preferably a I f 9 mm raising the heat to the point ofcarbonizw mine to this specification in th tion, substantially as described. twe subscribing witnesses.

4 3. The herein described food product consistingrof a mixture of sulfurized grain and 5 mineral salts, carbonized substantially as set V Witnesses: forth. HENRY I'IABPEB, In testimony whereof I have signed my \V LDEMAR HAUP'r;

EDUARD MEYER.

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